# Active Electrical Cable Module FW Engineer – Tech Lead

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com. Active Electrical Cable Module FW Engineer - Tech Lead We are looking for a Tech Lead Engineer to lead the design, development, and validation of embedded firmware for Astera Labs’ AEC and ACC smart cable modules used to extend connectivity in rack-scale AI systems. This role combines low-level embedded software, hardware integration, and system-level debug. You will drive technical execution from firmware architectur

- **Id**: 3981173
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/astera-labs-active-electrical-cable-module-fw-engineer-tech-lead>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-28T17:15:41Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T19:47:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 73
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5206
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, Servers & Data Center Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 178069
- **Name**: Astera Labs
- **Domain**: asteralabs.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/astera-labs-2>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 49
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.571
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 77
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 169000
- **Max**: 200000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 200000

## Technologies

- **NVLink** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RTOS** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 73

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T19:47:19Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 77 · green card filings: 7; Filings 12m: 77

## Liveness

- **Score**: 48
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.802
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 73
- **Expected fill days**: 78
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:late, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T20:55:07Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 200000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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